LG falls to 5th place and Doosan jumps to 6th place Choi Jeong and Yang Seok-hwan explode with bases loaded
Thanks to Choi Hyung-woo's home run, the KIA Tigers defeated the LG Twins and broke away from a two-game losing streak.
KIA won 10-7 in the home game against LG in the ‘2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League' held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 28th.
No. 1 KIA, which succeeded in escaping two consecutive losses, had a season record of 21 wins and 9 losses. They maintained a two-game lead over second-place NC Dinos.
LG (16 wins, 2 draws, 14 losses), which failed to win 4 times in a row, fell to 5th place. We had to be satisfied with ending the three-game weekend with a winning series.
The KIA batting line scored double digits by combining 16 long and short hits. Choi Hyung-woo hit a 3-run home run, Han Jun-su went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI, and Kim Sun-bin went 5-for-5 with 3 hits and 3 runs. Na Seong-beom, who was registered as a first-team entry on this day, played as a pinch hitter and earned a walk.
However, KIA foreign starter Will Crow struggled, allowing 10 hits and 7 runs in 4⅓ innings.
LG rocked the KIA mound with Kim Beom-seok, Moon Seong-ju, and Park Hae-min recording multiple hits, but the pitching staff collapsed. Starter Son Ju-young contributed 5 runs until the 5th inning. To make matters worse, Ya Su-jin committed three errors. KIA took the lead. In the top of the first inning, Kim Sun-bin reached base with a single, and Lee Chang-jin got a chance by walking. With no outs on first and second base, Choi Hyung-woo hit a fastball from starter Son Joo-young and hit a three-run home run that went over the left field fence. LG also increased its score in its first attack. In the bottom of the first inning, Park Hae-min and Moon Seong-ju's back-to-back hits put the runners on first and third base with no outs, and the follow-up batter, Kim Hyun-soo, hit a ground ball to second base to bring home third base runner Hae-min Park. At the end of the third inning, LG pulled the reins of pursuit. Koo Bon-hyuk's single, Park Hae-min's single, and a stolen second base led to Moon Seong-ju hitting a sacrifice fly RBI at second and third bases with one out. KIA, slightly ahead 3-2, widened the gap. With one out in the top of the fourth inning, Socrates Brito got on base with a ball that hit his body, and Wonjun Choi produced a hit to right. KIA scored 2 points thanks to consecutive hits by Han Jun-su and Park Chan-ho with one out and runners on first and third base. LG completed the big inning in the bottom of the 5th inning. Leadoff hitter Shin Min-jae's single and stolen base put him in scoring position, and Moon Seong-ju hit a timely hit to left. Afterwards, Kim Beom-seok hit a 3-RBI double with the bases loaded thanks to Kim Hyun-soo's hit and Austin Dean's walk. Then Oh Ji-hwan's 1-RBI double hit the score at 7-5. KIA, who was down 5-7, regained the lead. In the top of the 7th inning, Kim Do-young produced a bunt hit after Kim Sun-bin reached base with a base hit and pinch hitter Na Seong-beom reached base with a walk. At this time, Kim Sun-bin took advantage of LG's mistake and headed home. Then, with no outs on second and third base, Choi Hyung-woo added an RBI with a grounder to second base, and the follow-up batter Lee Woo-seong delivered a timely hit to left that turned the game around. KIA, who scored one run each in the 8th and 9th innings, snatched the victory in the bottom of the 9th when closing pitcher Jeong Hae-young ended the inning with a three-way strike. Haeyoung Jeong earned her 11th save of the season. The Samsung Lions won 11-6 in an away game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Samsung, ranked 3rd, won all 3 games in a row and achieved its 18th win (1 draw, 12 losses). Kiwoom (13 wins, 16 losses) lost again and fell to 7th place, falling into a 7-game losing streak. Samsung starter Denny Reyes pitched well in 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts, and 2 runs, earning his 4th win of the season. Samsung Kim Jae-sang led the attack with a hard hit with 2 hits and 3 RBIs in 4 at-bats, while Kim Ji-chan contributed with 3 hits and 1 RBI in 5 at-bats, and Byung-hun Lee added 2 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats. Ha Young-min, who was in charge of Kiwoom's starting mound, suffered his first loss of the season, allowing 6 runs (5 earned) in 3⅓ innings. The batting line remained at 5 hits. In the first inning, both teams exchanged scores. In the top of the first inning, Samsung had Jae-Hyeon Lee walk with one out, and then Ja-Wook Koo hit a double with one RBI. Kiwoom began a counterattack in the bottom of the first inning when leadoff hitter Lee Yong-gyu reached base with a single to left-center, and Ronnie Dawson hit an RBI double to right-center. In the ensuing chance with one out and third base on base, Song Seong-moon recorded a sacrifice fly RBI. Samsung tied the game by scoring 1 point in the 3rd inning, then pounded Kiwoom starter Ha Young-min in the top of the 4th inning. Ryu Ji-hyuk's hit, Kim Young-woong's walk, and Kim Seong-yoon's hit combined to score one run, and with one out and the bases loaded, Kim Jae-sang hit a timely hit with two RBIs. In the ensuing chance with one out and two bases on base, Ji-chan Kim hit a one-run double. Samsung also brought down the Kiwoom mound in the top of the 5th inning. Ryu Ji-hyuk's hit and Kim Young-woong's walk resulted in 1 out, 1st and 2nd bases, and Lee Byeong-heon, Kim Jae-sang, Kim Ji-chan, and Lee Jae-hyun hit successive hits to score 3 points. With bases loaded and two outs, David MacKinnon scored on a walk. Kiwoom, which fell behind 2-11, reduced the lead to 5 points with a three-run home run by Sang-kwon Byeong in the 8th and a timely hit by Ronnie Dawson in the 9th, but it was not enough to turn the game around. NC won 5-3 in the home game against the Lotte Giants held at Changwon NC Park. Second-place NC, which swept three consecutive games over the weekend, won for the 19th time (11 losses). Lotte, the lowest ranked team (8 wins, 1 draw, 20 losses), lost all three games in a row, and was tied for three consecutive losses. NC Kim Hyung-jun hit a 2-run home run in the final and played a key role in the team's victory. Kwon Hee-dong contributed to the victory by doing his part with 2 hits and 1 RBI in 4 at-bats. However, NC starting pitcher Shin Min-hyuk failed to get his third win of the season, allowing only 7 hits and 3 runs in 3 innings. All of Lotte's pitches were off. Foreign starting pitcher Aaron Wilkerson allowed 8 hits (1 home run) and 5 runs in 5⅓ innings, and the batting line only had 7 hits. 스포츠토토
